Here and Now...What's Happening?

[eaglespirit]

Thank You RunningDeer...and Good Morning All !

I brought them here straight from gmail as they were sent by my Sister...
I just tried it direct instead of transferring to my photobucket account.

All is well : ) This carpenter is a grateful spirit !

https://projectavalon.net/forum4/show...l=1#post825589


...fixed those previous posts through photobucket on previous page with 'before and after' pics, thanks again : )

https://projectavalon.net/forum4/show...l=1#post851581

https://projectavalon.net/forum4/show...l=1#post851583

[ulli]

If I were a drummer I might probably be using one of these. More and more my stuff around here has a homemade look.
This is what happens to people who hate going into shops.....

[dan33]

Henry Mancini's Overture TWO FOR THE ROAD.
This guy was a genius creatig the perfect enviroment for movies.
I wonder if Henry, like other musicians, conects with the "right egregor" to find the emotions that the "film wants to download". They tranlate instead of composing.

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=4-H7cGmw4Kw

[Dennis Leahy]

Posted by Flash (here)
Here is the incredible barber video - truly Worth a fun Watch lol

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=n6L5gWq4iog

I NEED one of these haircut/massage/aura cleansing/exorcisms!

Dennis

[onawah]

I can send you that long distance chakra tuning we never got around to, Dennis...
I was planning on giving myself one tonight anyhow.

[PurpleLama]

Just got called home to kill and remove one of these from the screened porch:



That is a copperhead, which is one of the poisonous critters we have around. It was about a foot and a half long.

This follows a six foot eastern diamondback rattlesnake killed in the yard last thursday, which was subsequently skinned and cleaned and grilled on July 4th. It was delicious. Never had snake before, much less cooked one, so I made a maple/bourbon glaze with some fresh herbs from the garden, and it worked out very well.

[dan33]

I'm sure that James would tamed that serpent. He taught you this using a magical play. "James on the Puddle".

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=Xp-M63mYWcg

[RunningDeer]

UPDATE: please use this link @ shamanicjourney.com

[PurpleLama]

Damn, Pauler, that snake reading is more accurate than any I have seen. There was a dream, back in April, where this 10-12 foot long snake was coming out of the woods, from the East, I was in one of the old oaks out back and saw it coming, alerting my wife and kids and mother who were lounging beneath the tree, I hopped down and we all took off for the house, going in the side door as the snake followed across the yard, everyone went from the kitchen into the living room and down the hall except for me, I went out the front door and leaped from the front porch into the yard as the snake pursued me. It wound around my body many times, in many directions, moving very fast, think the stylized electrons going around the nucleus, or how an asian style dragon might fly and wind around something, it was like that, and the most intense feeling/light came over me, which left as the snake did and I awoke.

[RunningDeer]

UPDATE: please use this link @ shamanicjourney.com

[PurpleLama]

For just a second in this clip, you see the dragons flying around the platform in a similar manner to what happened in the dream.

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=by6JxGoFmPc

At the 7 second mark. The head of the snake was not dissimilar to the heads of these dragons, either. Dragon is of course very close to my heart.

[PurpleLama]

I just realized which under shirt I am wearing today, hahaha.

[RunningDeer]

<3

[risveglio]

I am experiencing some amazing changes in my life but at the same time going through some really rough situations. I guess that is the way life works sometimes. Since I can't really control most of the negative things that are happening, I need to work on my responses when they do occur. Does anyone have some experience with controlling anger? I am a pretty calm guy but when someone hits that button, I can get pretty crazy angry. How about experiences of letting the negative get to you and controlling your mood for the entire day? I don't mean just like a little upset but deep down depressed.

[Dennis Leahy]

Posted by onawah (here)
I can send you that long distance chakra tuning we never got around to, Dennis...
I was planning on giving myself one tonight anyhow.

Let me know when, and if I need to do anything, and what time...and I will "tune in."

Thank you thank you thank you!

:~)

Dennis

[Violet]

Posted by risveglio (here)
I am experiencing some amazing changes in my life but at the same time going through some really rough situations. I guess that is the way life works sometimes. Since I can't really control most of the negative things that are happening, I need to work on my responses when they do occur. Does anyone have some experience with controlling anger? I am a pretty calm guy but when someone hits that button, I can get pretty crazy angry. How about experiences of letting the negative get to you and controlling your mood for the entire day? I don't mean just like a little upset but deep down depressed.

If someone is with you and you feel you can't control your anger then you must isolate yourself. Go to another room and rant, scream if you like, let it out all out. Never harm others (or yourself) because of anger that is inside of you.

What helps with me for letting negative feelings go is to think about 1) beautiful (childhood) memories 2) looking at what people create. You can browse your photo albums or even the net for images that will bring back those memories. And you can also get a look on what the whole world is creating (drawing, painting, jewellery, sewing, gardening, anything creative) from the net. This really works. I can spend hours looking at other people's creations with love and admiration (when I have the opportunity, I'll also tell them). After viewing the spectacle of colours and ideas, individual and unique techniques I will feel so energised both then and the day(s) after it. The amazement at how people are so upliftingly beautiful in their ways makes me forget about whatever got me upset.

And sometimes it's alright to be upset, you know. When a loved one passes, for instance, I don't expect people to be sitting behind their computer screen going: oh, how well a painter was Gaugain!

[RunningDeer]

Posted by risveglio (here)
I am experiencing some amazing changes in my life but at the same time going through some really rough situations. I guess that is the way life works sometimes. Since I can't really control most of the negative things that are happening, I need to work on my responses when they do occur. Does anyone have some experience with controlling anger? I am a pretty calm guy but when someone hits that button, I can get pretty crazy angry. How about experiences of letting the negative get to you and controlling your mood for the entire day? I don't mean just like a little upset but deep down depressed.

Hi risveglio,

The good news is you're 90% there….you notice the anger. Many swallow it, or go into denial. And like you already know, its' energy turns to depression or over time transforms into dis-ease.

It’s an organic process. For me, the most important thing is to be aware of what pops up and deal with it before it escalates. Rather than spend time on “the label”, I feel it and watch it fizzle out.

Sometimes, I notice that I pick up on feelings from environment or people I’m with. Once I figure that out, poof!

There are other times when I see that emotions are only something that arise and fade ‘from the ethers’. The speed at which I’m aware, and how much juice I feed them, they’ll dissipate in equal measure.

The last type is the “I want, what I want, when I want it. Waw-waw, boo-hoo.” That’s went big momma (me talking to me) steps in and says, “Get over yourself. Go. Chop wood.”

A holistic balance between a healthy diet, fun, exercise, mediation of ANY form are important part of this life play. One last thing, regular check ups of an honest assessment of what stays, what needs to go, and what need to change.

RunningDeer <3

[onawah]

Apologies, Dennis, I got distracted and didn't do it tonight, but now we have some time to coordinate--how about tomorrow night? Say, 8-9 pm Central Standard time? You don't have to do anything, but you might be more aware of it if you are receptive and relaxed. It takes about an hour.

Posted by Dennis Leahy (here)

Posted by onawah (here)
I can send you that long distance chakra tuning we never got around to, Dennis...
I was planning on giving myself one tonight anyhow.

Let me know when, and if I need to do anything, and what time...and I will "tune in."

Thank you thank you thank you!

:~)

Dennis

[ulli]

Posted by risveglio (here)
I am experiencing some amazing changes in my life but at the same time going through some really rough situations. I guess that is the way life works sometimes. Since I can't really control most of the negative things that are happening, I need to work on my responses when they do occur. Does anyone have some experience with controlling anger? I am a pretty calm guy but when someone hits that button, I can get pretty crazy angry. How about experiences of letting the negative get to you and controlling your mood for the entire day? I don't mean just like a little upset but deep down depressed.

All you can do is observe what's going on.
The more I tried to control my anger the more repressed I became, and as a result the outbursts were even more intense when the lid finally blew off.
So self-control led to self hate, and also depression.

So here are the main stages:
1) shock at discovering that one might be an angry person.
2) determination try to control anger outbursts.
3) more shock at discovering that anger and frustration keep showing up regardless.
4) learning to forgive oneself for not being perfect.
5) surprise that after a few years of this less and less stuff arrives which would have normally triggered anger.
6) Relization that self observation and self forgiveness do pay off
and that the ego and self importance which were the original causes of all one's negative emotions
start to move out of the way and a more detached part of the self takes over.
It just took a little longer than I had expected. Perseverance is key.

[Playdo of Ataraxas]

Posted by PurpleLama (here)
Just got called home to kill and remove one of these from the screened porch:



That is a copperhead, which is one of the poisonous critters we have around. It was about a foot and a half long.

This follows a six foot eastern diamondback rattlesnake killed in the yard last thursday, which was subsequently skinned and cleaned and grilled on July 4th. It was delicious. Never had snake before, much less cooked one, so I made a maple/bourbon glaze with some fresh herbs from the garden, and it worked out very well.

Damn PL, glad that went well. Better shore up the porch. My grandfather was bitten by a copperhead while he was weeding around his azaleas. Only person I know to have been bitten by one. There's some juju going on there, but ain't got nothing on John the Conqueror!. I guess Wild Thing didn't want anything to do with it, nor the rattlesnake. You might want to invest in a mongoose, Riki Tiki. Ha! You may have gotten rid of Nag, but be weary of Naghina and her eggs. Tell Wild Thing to be on the look out and at least to alert you.

Give me a holler when you get the chance to catch up!